Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Carter MSS vi.2.11
Título
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): Sketch VIII. The Valley of the Royal Tombs; Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies; Sketch XI. The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis I
Fecha(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Unidad documental simple
Volumen y soporte
1 notebook
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
(1874-1939)
Historia archivística
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Loaned to the Griffith Institute in 1946-1947, and then returned to Miss Walker.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscripts for Sketches VIII-IX and Sketch XI.
- 69 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
- Carter's annotated page numbers, "150" to "219"
- Sketch VIII. The Valley and the Royal Tombs
- Pages 150-157
- Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies
- Original title A History of The Royal Mummies crossed through (cancelled)
- Pages 158-194
- Contains 7 subsections, II to VII
- [Sketch X. Freedom]
- Carter's note on page 194 "For Sketch X. Freedom. Supp. ..."
- Sketch XI. The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis I
- Pages 195-219
- Contains 1 subsection, II
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
- Blue leather binding
- Ruled pages
- 25.8 x 20.4 x 1.3 cms
- Stamped manufacturer's logo on the outer back cover:
- Positioned centrally, impressed/stamped/embossed square containing "C" enclosing the Earth (shows Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia)
- Positioned lower right corner, impressed/stamped/embossed text "No. 1028"
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
- Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
- Transcribed first in the late-1990s by Sue Hutchison (Griffith Institute Administrator), and again in 2006 by Dr Charlotte Booth. Both sets of transcription files are owned by the Griffith Institute.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Notas
Formerly Carter notebook 17.